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אָמַר

a.marto sayHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb5,308 occurrences39 books4,337 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)
Traditional renderings: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אָמַר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

5,308 total
  1. Daniel 9:22וַיֹּאמַ֕ר · saying
    He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.
  2. Daniel 10:11וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He said
    He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had said this to me, I stood up trembling.
  3. Daniel 10:12וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · he said
    “Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
  4. Daniel 10:16וָאֹֽמְרָה֙ · and said
    And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.
  5. Daniel 10:19וַיֹּ֜אמֶר · he said; וָאֹֽמְרָ֛ה · and said
    “Do not be afraid, you who are highly precious,” he said. “Peace be with you! Be strong now; be very strong!” As he spoke with me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord, for you have strengthened me.”
  6. Daniel 10:20וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · he said
    “Do you know why I have come to you?” he said. “I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I have gone forth, behold, the prince of Greece will come.
  7. Daniel 12:6וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · One of them said
    One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?”
  8. Daniel 12:8וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה · So I asked
    I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”
  9. Daniel 12:9וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · he replied
    “Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
  10. Hosea 1:2וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · told
    When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”
  11. Hosea 1:4וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
  12. Hosea 1:6וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and [the LORD] said
    Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
  13. Hosea 1:9וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · And [the LORD] said
    And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.
  14. Hosea 1:10יֵאָמֵ֤ר · it was said; יֵאָמֵ֥ר · they will be called
    Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
  15. Hosea 2:1אִמְר֥וּ · Say
    “Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’
  16. Hosea 2:5אָמְרָ֗ה · she thought
    For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
  17. Hosea 2:7וְאָמְרָ֗ה · Then she will say
    She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
  18. Hosea 2:12אָמְרָ֗ה · she thinks
    I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.
  19. Hosea 2:23וְאָמַרְתִּ֤י · I will say to those [called]; יֹאמַ֥ר · will say
    And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
  20. Hosea 3:1וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”
  21. Hosea 3:3וָאֹמַ֣ר · Then I said
    Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”
  22. Hosea 7:2יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ · consider
    But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
  23. Hosea 10:3יֹֽאמְר֔וּ · they will say
    Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”
  24. Hosea 10:8וְאָמְר֤וּ · Then they will say
    The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
  25. Hosea 12:8וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · boasts
    And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
  26. Hosea 13:2אֹמְרִ֔ים · say of them
    Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
  27. Hosea 13:10אָמַ֔רְתָּ · you said
    Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
  28. Hosea 14:2אִמְר֣וּ · Say
    Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
  29. Hosea 14:3נֹ֥אמַר · say
    Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
  30. Joel 2:17וְֽיֹאמְר֞וּ · saying; יֹאמְר֣וּ · should they say
    Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
  31. Joel 2:19וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
    And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
  32. Joel 2:32אָמַ֣ר · has promised
    And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
  33. Joel 3:10יֹאמַ֖ר · say
    Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’
  34. Amos 1:2וַיֹּאמַ֓ר׀ · He said
    He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
  35. Amos 1:3אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.
  36. Amos 1:5אָמַ֥ר · says
    I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the LORD.
  37. Amos 1:6אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
  38. Amos 1:8אָמַ֖ר · says
    I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD.
  39. Amos 1:9אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.
  40. Amos 1:11אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
  41. Amos 1:13אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.
  42. Amos 1:15אָמַ֥ר · says
    Their king will go into exile—he and his princes together,” says the LORD.
  43. Amos 2:1אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.
  44. Amos 2:3אָמַ֥ר · says
    I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.
  45. Amos 2:4אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.
  46. Amos 2:6אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.